H. G. WellsbrFull name Herbert George Wells.br1866 1946brA famous English writer who worked in many literary genres. brbrH. G. Wells is best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a father of science fiction; his most notable works include The Time Machine The Island of Doctor Moreau The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds. brbrThe First Men in the Moon 1901 is a scientific romance; the novel tells the story of a journey to the moon undertaken by the two protagonists a businessman narrator Mr. Bedford and an eccentric scientist Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilization of insect-like creatures they call Selenites.